



(HSWWDTCO)
COUNTY: SHARKEY
SELECTED DEATH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF SHARKEY COUNTY, 1999
--------NUMBER------- ---MORTALITY RATE*--
LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH NON- NON-
LISTED IN DESCENDING ORDER TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
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TOTAL OF ALL CAUSES 65 29 36 9.9 14.2 8.0
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 20 9 11 305.7 442.5 244.0
HEART DISEASES 14 9 5 214.0 442.5 110.9
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE 6 4 2 91.7 196.6 44.4
INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA 3 0 3 45.8 - 66.5
EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER CHRONIC LOWER
RESPIRATORY DISEASES 3 0 3 45.8 - 66.5
SEPTICEMIA 2 2 0 30.6 98.3 -
ALZHEIMERS DISEASE 2 0 2 30.6 - 44.4
NEPHRITIS,NEPHROTIC SYND,NEPHROSIS 2 1 1 30.6 49.2 22.2
ACCIDENTS 2 0 2 30.6 - 44.4
HOMICIDE 2 0 2 30.6 - 44.4
HIV DISEASE 1 0 1 15.3 - 22.2
ANEMIAS 1 1 0 15.3 49.2 -
CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS AND
CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITIES 1 1 0 15.3 49.2 -
--- NOT INCLUDED IN RANKING ---
SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, ILL-DEFINED 0 0 0 - - -
ALL OTHER CAUSES 6 2 4 91.7 98.3 88.7
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* TOTAL DEATHS PER 1,000 POPULATION. DEATHS FROM SPECIFIC CAUSES ARE PER
100,000 POPULATION, EXCEPT DEATHS FROM MATERNAL CAUSES ARE PER 100,000
LIVE BIRTHS AND DEATHS FROM CONDITIONS ORIG IN PERINATAL PERIOD ARE PER
1,000 LIVE BIRTHS. POPULATION FIGURES ARE 1999 ESTIMATES.
# LESS THAN 0.06.
------- TOTAL ------ ------ MALE ------- ----- FEMALE ------
NON- NON- NON-
AGE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
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TOTAL 65 29 36 37 15 22 28 14 14
UNDER 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(NEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(POSTNEONATAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10-14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15-24 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
25-34 3 0 3 1 0 1 2 0 2
35-44 5 1 4 5 1 4 0 0 0
45-54 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
55-64 3 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 2
65-74 16 4 12 10 2 8 6 2 4
75-84 15 11 4 6 4 2 9 7 2
85 AND OVER 20 11 9 11 6 5 9 5 4
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1999 POPULATION:
TOTAL 6,543
WHITE 2,034
NONWHITE 4,509
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